Table 4.
Fear of hypoglycemia and actions taken after hypoglycemic events, by diabetes type and previous experience of severe hypoglycemia
| T1DM | T2DM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| With severe hypoglycemia in the last 6 months (n = 119) |
Without severe hypoglycemia in the last 6 months (n = 198) |
With severe hypoglycemia in the last 6 months (n = 60) |
Without severe hypoglycemia in the last 6 months (n = 231) |
|
| Fear of hypoglycemia at baseline, mean ± SDa | 6.6 ± 2.97 | 5.4 ± 3.00 | 6.5 ± 3.40 | 5.1 ± 3.99 |
| Actions taken after hypoglycemic events, n (%)b | ||||
| Consulted their physician/nurse | 68 (60.2%) | 80 (43.5%) | 28 (48.3%) | 61 (28.4%) |
| Increased calorie intake | 87 (74.4%) | 129 (67.5%) | 38 (63.3%) | 113 (51.4%) |
| Avoid physical exercise | 41 (37.3%) | 42 (23.3%) | 15 (27.3%) | 28 (13.5%) |
| Reduced insulin doses | 93 (91.6%) | 120 (64.5%) | 26 (44.1%) | 43 (20.2%) |
| Skipping insulin injections | 37 (33.3%) | 44 (24.3%) | 18 (31.0%) | 40 (18.9%) |
| Increased the number of times checking blood sugar | 88 (76.5%) | 134 (70.5%) | 30 (50.8%) | 108 (49.1%) |
SD standard-deviation
aOn a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 = Not afraid at all and 10 = absolutely terrified
bMore than one possible answer